Thursday Thirteen – Positive People in My Life

Thursday Thirteen ……. People who have had a positive impact in my life. 

For each of them, I am very thankful!! 

1. My daughter
2. My Mom and Dad
3. My Grandparents
4. My only Aunt
5. My little brother
6. My first, second boyfriend and last boyfriends.. the others were more like “what was I doing?”
7. My junior high cooking teacher
8. My high school baseball coach… I was the stats girl
9. My boss at my second job
10. My boss at the time when I got divorced
11. My daughters 6th grade teacher
12. A woman named Rhonda
13. My nieces and nephews

When someone is in our life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need we have expressed. They have come to assist us through a difficulty, to provide us with guidance and support, to aid us physically, emotionally or spiritually. They may seem like a godsend and they are.  They are there for the reason we need them to be.Then, without any wrong doing on our part or at an inconvenient time, this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end. Sometimes they die. Sometimes they walk away. Sometimes they act up and force you to take a stand.What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled, their work is done. The prayer we sent up has been answered and now it is time to move on.Some people come into our life for a SEASON, because our turn has come to share, grow or learn. They bring us an experience of peace or make us laugh. They may teach us something we have never done. They usually give us an unbelievable amount of joy. Believe it, it is real.  But only for a season!LIFETIME relationships teach us lifetime lessons, things we must build upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation. Our job is to accept the lesson, love the person and put what we have learned to use in all other relationships and areas of your life. It is said that love is blind but friendship is clairvoyant.Thank you for being a part of my life, whether you were a reason, a season or a lifetime.